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Re: [OM] IMG: More About Ross Lens

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More About Ross Lens
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:33:56 -0500
I did forget the snow as a reflector but am still surprised at the 
strength of the reflection given the strength of the shadows.

Chuck Norcutt

On 1/14/2011 4:15 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> It is cropped.  No flash.  Have you forgotten already that snow, beneath an
> elevated subject, can make a perfect reflector?  And this was also shot
> through the storm door glass, because I don't have a blind to hide me from
> the birds.
>
> Thanks for looking.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More About Ross Lens
>
>
>> Looks a bit grainy/noisy.  Is this a small crop of a larger image?  I
>> also note a bit of confusion on my part re the lighting.  I don't
>> understand the relatively strong light coming from below which is
>> casting shadows of the birds above them.  Did you have a low mounted
>> flash out there?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 1/14/2011 2:03 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> I received my monopod yesterday, and tried it with the E-1 and the
>>> only two 200mm lenses that I have, the Ross 200mm f/16 from 1890, and
>>> a Pentax Takumar from the 1970s.  The monopod helps with steadying
>>> the camera, which I will find useful.  Surprisingly, the Ross lens
>>> holds it own with its more modern, though old itself, competitor.
>>> Colors seem a little brighter with the coated Pentax lens, but the
>>> Ross seems a little sharper.
>>>
>>> Here is a Ross image, again, shot through a storm door glass.
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cardinal+2.jpg.html
>>>
>>> This exercise makes a Leica-R 250mm f/4 Telyt look very interesting.
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
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